Unsent Coventry Mint Die Used at London
YORK. Edward IV. First reign, 1461-1470. AR Groat (25.5mm, 3.15 g, 10h). Light coinage, type VI/V mule. London (Tower) mint; im: rose/sun. Struck 1465(?). (rose) ЄDWΛRD’· DI’· GRΛ · RЄX · ΛNGL · 7 · FRΛnC (saltire stops), crowned facing bust within tressure of arches with lis at cusps, quatrefoils flanking, lis over C on breast / (sun) POSVI DЄVm : Λ DIVTOR Є’ mЄVm/ CIVI TΛS LOn DOn (double saltire stop), long cross pattée, three pellets in quarters. Buck p. 36 (same dies; see also p. 26 for discussion); Blunt & Whitton –; North 1581/1566-8; SCBC 2008/2001-3. VF, toned.
Ex Seaby Coin & Medal Bulletin 695 (July 1976), no. E34.
This unusual mule was produced when a Type VI die prepared for Coventry, featuring the C on the king’s breast, was combined with a Class V reverse bearing the London mint signature. The C on the obverse die was apparently canceled by the die engraver with a lis punch.
